Men’s, Women’s Basketball Continues on a Big Roll

BRYN MAWR, PA (January 5, 2007) – The Harcum College men’s and women’s basketball teams enter the thick of their 2006 – 2007 seasons sitting at or near the top of their respective Regions.

The "Lady Bears" are now 10 – 1 after their 87 – 69 at home victory over visiting Salem County College last night. They now enter a string of home games, beginning with a January 9 contest against Mercer County Community College.

The men’s team emerged victorious from a Holiday Tournament at host Cecil (MD) County Community College in North East, MD. The Bears defeated two teams in that tournament that are consistently ranked at or near the top of the nationwide polls by the National Junior College Athletic Association (NJCAA).

On December 22 the men defeated Number 4 ranked Cecil County Community College, 95 – 82. The next day they downed Monroe Community College (Rochester, NY), the number 3 team in the nation, by a score of 87 – 70. Freshman Jamal Jackson (Harrisburg, PA/Harrisburg High School) scored 20 points in the win.

The men’s team continued winning last night, taking the opener of the men’s/women’s doubleheader against visiting Salem County College by a score of 125 – 73, giving them a record of 15 – 1 on the season. The game marked the men’s 13th consecutive victory and was the first time in the men’s program’s two-year history that the team scored 125 points in a game.

Harcum Places Athletes on NJCAA Men's and Women's All American Hoops Squads

BRYN MAWR, PA (November 9, 2006) - Two athletes from the men's and women's basketball programs at Harcum College have been named to preseason "All American" teams by the National Junior College Athletic Association (NJCAA).

Guard Ryan Bogan (Oxford, PA/Oxford High) a second-year player on the Harcum men's basketball team, was named as a First Team All American by the NJCAA.  Also, Forward chantal Hardy (Philadelphia/Cardinal Dougherty), a second-year layer on the women's team, was named a Second Team All American.

Hacum, a two-year co-educational college in Bryn Mawr, PA, competes in Division II, Region XIX of the NJCAA.

This is the second such honor for Bogan, who was named to the All-Region XIX team by the NJCAA at the conclusion of the 2005 - 2006 men's basketball season.

The six-foot-two-inch Bogan last season averaged 19.7 points per game, 6.9 rebounds per game, and led the team in both assists (137) and steals (79).  Bogan led the Region with 74 three-point field goals while shooting 39 percent from three point range.  He recently made a verbal commitment to play for Longwood University in Farmville, VA, an emerging NCAA Division I program, for the 2007 - 2008 season.

Hardy, at five-feet, seven-inches, averaged 17.7 points per game last year, and contributed with 5.3 rebounds per contest.  She shot 47 percent from the field, and 36 percent from three-point range.  She was a key member of a women's squad that went 26 - 5 and won the Region XIX Championship during the 2005 - 2006 season.